A whole bunch of news from the Deafheaven house. The band announced via Tumblr that they are re-releasing their 2010 demo, entitled Demo on a limited 12" LP. The band also stated that they are working on a follow-up to their 2011 release, Roads To Judah.

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"Telos", a brand-new song from US progressive metallers Between The Buried And Me can now be streamed on Metal Blade Records' website and in the YouTube-video located below.

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Due to the cancellation of The Exploited, Deicide, The Generators and Resistance (BEL), some new bands have been announced for the festival. Replacing these bands will be grindcore legends Napalm Death, Brazilian death machine Krisiun, Dutch rock group Peter Pan Speedrock and French doom group Ataraxie.

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Motocultor Festival 2012

For the last month we have been giving you the opportunity to win a pass for the Heavy T.O. and Heavy MTL festivals in Canada. For your chance to win, we asked you to tell us which of the two headlining bands Slipknot or System Of A Down released their debut full-length album first. System Of A Down's self-titled debut was released one year before Slipknot's, making System Of A Down the correct answer. So let's find out who has won:

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Heavy MTL Festival

Finnish melodic death metallers Omnium Gatherum have officially entered the studio and began recording their sixth studio album and follow-up to last year's New World Shadows.

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After revealing that their new album would be called Reprisal, US-based metallers Devolved have now released the cover artwork for the new album, which is available below. The album will see a worldwide release on November 20th through Unique Leader Records.

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Ukrainian speed power metallers Conquest have recruited a new vocalist for the band, Konstantin "Laars" Naumenko. He is also the singer of Sunrise. The band also released a retake of the song "Frozen Sky" with the new vocalist. You can listen to it in the video below.

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US brutal death metal band Malignancy has revealed details about their new upcoming album, which will be entitled Eugenics. The album's artwork created by Slasher Designs and tracklist can be seen below. Eugenics is scheduled for release on October 9th via Willowtip Records (US) and Hammerheart (Europe).

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Following their debut album One, Swedish melodic metal five piece Full Force are currently recording their second album, which will be entitled Next Level and will be released worldwide via SPV/Steamhammer in October. Rainer Kalwitz was once again recruited to create and organize the artwork and he has previously made covers for Praying Mantis, Metal Church and many more. Next Level will be mixed and mastered at Roastinghouse Studios by Anders "Theo" Theander.

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US death metal veterans Doom Syndicate have recently signed a deal with the label Born of Chaos Records for the release of their upcoming second full-length album Midsummer's Fall, expected to be released in late summer. The cover artwork has been unveiled and can be seen below.

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Norwegian ambient black metal act Posthum, which announced its signing with Indie Recordings earlier this month, has now revealed the artwork for the band's upcoming album Lights Out.

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Japanese metallers Blood Stain Child have broken the news of the departure of their Greek singer Sophia, who joined the band in 2010 after their former vocalist Sadew left, and made her debut with the band on their 2011 release, εpsilon. She has now decided to leave the band.

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We are beginning to know more about Enslaved's new album bit by bit. Now the Norwegian metallers have revealed Riitiir's tracklist. Riitiir, which will be their twelfth studio album, is due out in Europe on September 28th and in North America on October 9th through Nuclear Blast.

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Truth Inc Records Australia have signed melodic death/thrash act Mors Principium Est from Finland. The label will be releasing the band's forthcoming new album in December throughout Australia. The band previously signed with the German label AFM Records for Europe and the US. The Marquee Records/Avalon label will release their new album in Japan, Korea and Taiwan.

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As previously reported, Phil Anselmo (Down, Pantera) has been working on his solo project over the last few years. It has now been revealed that Phil's solo songs will be featured in a split with Dallas Ft. Worth's Warbeast tentatively due out in late September. The two songs that Phil will contribute with will also be featured on his solo album Walk Through Exits Only. The Warbeast previously unreleased songs "IT" and "Birth Of A Psyco" will be exclusive to the split even though the Texas thrash band just finished recording their second album.

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